is judo are martial still or just a sport my friend fido here is askin just it has no weapons no striking and his sista who went to japan said it is a cultral thing for university and to forget the old ways no offense just askin?

Yes of course Judo is martial. I work security at a bar and use it all the time. BJJ has it's roots in Judo's Ne-Waza. If you ask that question about Judo than you should ask it about BJJ as well. Something tells me you already have the answer for that one.

Yes of course Judo is martial. I work security at a bar and use it all the time. BJJ has it's roots in Judo's Ne-Waza. If you ask that question about Judo than you should ask it about BJJ as well. Something tells me you already have the answer for that one.

This wont help as he probably sees MMA as merely a useless, ineffectual sport too!